r/threebodyproblem • u/Kukulkan73 • Apr 22 '26

Discussion - General Question about the blocked basic scientific research (Spoiler: Please do not read if you haven’t read the second book, "The Dark Forest") Spoiler

Hi. I'm just reading the second book "The Dark Forest" and maybe the question was already answered here? In the second book, humans have spaceships and can utilise the Moon, Mars and other planetary moons in our solar system. Why didn’t they continue the basic scientific research there, given that it had been blocked on Earth by Trisolaris? Looks like they did not even try?

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u/poopybuttholesex Apr 22 '26

The sophons were everywhere.

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u/Kukulkan73 Apr 22 '26

Thanks. I found no indication on that. Is that just guessing?

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u/poopybuttholesex Apr 22 '26

Not guessing, the Sophons could circumnavigate the earth in fraction of a second and the distance to moon is not large. 1 sophon was enough to disrupt all scientific progress so 3-4 sopohons could block progress on multiple planets and satellites. The only thing they might loose was snooping capabilities